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Maria Z. Medina
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You won't live forever, but your words might! MISTRESS OF BONES - Out Now! Repped by Dorian Moffei. She/Her mariazmedina.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61220759-mistress-of-bones
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · Aug 3
Banter? You got it. Weird magic? Heck yeah! Fun worldbuilding? Well, of course. Different kinds of love, romantic and otherwise? Definitely! Two separate, intersecting storylines? Right here, right now. Exploration of souls and greed? Compliments of the house.
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A 3D mockup of MISTRESS OF BONES hardcover with arrows pointing at different things you can find in the book: Multi-pov, bone magic, rapier duels, fickle gods, epic worldbuilding, twists, intrigue, necromancy
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 5h
They can take the dwarf shield wall+elves jump away from me when I'm dead.
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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 5h
Feels increasingly like being in a zombie movie. Turning to someone you've known for years to have a conversation about something interesting and they say "I asked grok" and there's this moment of oh no man, not you too. And also looking for the exits.
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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 10d
White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 6d
Windows 10 support ends on October 14 and there's a link floating around with instructions to enroll for an additional year of security updates, but I'm not linking to that chatgpt article so here's what you do.

Settings
Update & Security
Windows Update
Initiate Enrollment
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🌜Sara Kipin🌛 @LIGHTBOXEXPO @sarakipin.bsky.social · 4d
Preview of my piece for the upcoming Kpop Demon Hunters show at Gallery Nucleus! 👹✨ #kpdh #sajaboys
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 4d
little greek monsters
#art
illustration of some greek monsters featured are orthrus cerebrus hydra manticore chimera pegasus minotaur griffin hippocampus
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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 7d
WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 4d
Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!
Comic Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens." Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?" Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!" Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 7d
Omg!!!!
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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 7d
I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 7d
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 28 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: October-December 2025 🌟
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A compilation of ten young adult book covers in shades of pink, orange and purple. Books featured include Lou With The Band, Trail Rides and Starry Eyes, Girls Who Play Dead, No Charm Done, K-Jane, Cold Wire, Gilded In Vengeance, Hear Her Howl, Secrest, Spells and Chocolate and The Cuffing Game.
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 9d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 9d
She's watching.
Judging.
Might bring you back to life.
Or let you rot in ignominy.
Main female character from MISTRESS OF BONES book shown from the nose up wearing a purple pointed witchy hat
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 10d
Did I write today? No.

Did I spend all afternoon in Canva choosing witch hats for a Mistress of Bones Halloween post? Absolutely.
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Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 11d
She hath risen.
“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”
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Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social · 10d
This quote isn’t from when you think it’s from.

Destroying ideas has always been a necessary precursor to destroying people.

Don’t let them fool you with their claims to a moral high ground.
A chalkboard with a quote that reads “Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn books, too.”
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d
K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art
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E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 10d
Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 12d
Shark are cute 🦈💙
#art #sharks
Comic of a shark sleeping in bed with a seal pillow
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 13d
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505
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Maria Z. Medina @mzmauthor.bsky.social · 13d
Ah!!! Congratulations, Kamilah!!!!!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 15d
when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.
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🎃Spooky Emily🎃 @emmy.baby · 15d
Okay, funny bookstore category
Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"
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Casey Blair @caseyblair.bsky.social · 16d
One day left!!!

Oh and PS: We are currently 5,000% funded. How much do you think we can do in one more day? 😁🍨✨
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Casey Blair @caseyblair.bsky.social · Sep 9
✨Cover Reveal✨ and… a wild cozy fantasy romance Kickstarter appears! 💖

This is for THE QUIET LIGHT, the first book in a brand-new trilogy.

There is *so* much cozy goodness planned for this. Check out the Kickstarter to see all the juicy details: 🥰
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Kickstarter banner for The Quiet Light: A cozy fantasy romance.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16d
One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 16d
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 18d
Screenshot of text I’ve written that reads: I really want to rant about the way the world is going and how the creative industries are being destroyed and how those two things are so closely tied together and I want to complain about how hard it is to just exist and create right now and how it feels like you always need to be 'on' and the pressure to always be making content and be visible that's pushed on us by this capitalist fast tech-driven world we're in right now and how it's stifling creativity in the worst way and how it feels like you need to choose between being visible and actually making good art and experimenting and being a human being but I am exhausted and all my energy has been drained
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